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As-Saffat · Ayah 94

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Then they advanced

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟

Then they advanced

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أقْبلُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootقبل

★★★★Very common

to be before, accept; direction faced

Lemmaأَقْبَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to approach

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ (Then they advanced) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ (Then they advanced) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.

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